This page includes recent updates presented to the Board of Education throughout 2026. For information about the 2025 Area 5 Boundary and Closure Study, please click here.

Board Report on School Closure Data – May 5, 2026

Click here for a copy of the presentation slides, and click here for the additional data that was requested during the meeting.

Population Analysis Committee Update Presentation – March 31, 2026

Click here for the presentation slides.

External Population Trends Data

• Utah State and County Short-Term Planning Projections, 2024-2033
• Opportunity Knocks: The Fiscal Impacts of Declining  School-age Population in Utah
• Utah’s School- and College-Age Populations 2021 Long-Term Planning Projection Update (PDF)
• A Look into the 2010-2020 Decline in Salt Lake City’s  Youth Population
• Sunday Edition: Enrollment declines in Utah schools
• Utah public education enrollment expected to drop 32,000 students from 2022
• Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute Report
• Utah school districts face tough budget decisions amid enrollment shifts (KUTV)